Proverbs 12:19
שְֽׂפַת ־ אֱמֶת תִּכּוֹן לָעַד וְעַד ־ אַרְגִּיעָה לְשׁוֹן שָֽׁקֶר ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
In Context
18יֵשׁ בּוֹטֶה כְּמַדְקְרוֹת חָרֶב וּלְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים מַרְפֵּֽא ׃
20מִרְמָה בְּלֶב ־ חֹרְשֵׁי רָע וּֽלְיֹעֲצֵי שָׁלוֹם שִׂמְחָֽה ׃
Cross References
2 Kings 5:26וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו לֹא ־ לִבִּי הָלַךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָֽפַךְ ־ אִישׁ מֵעַל מֶרְכַּבְתּוֹ לִקְרָאתֶךָ הַעֵת לָקַחַת אֶת ־ הַכֶּסֶף וְלָקַחַת בְּגָדִים וְזֵיתִים וּכְרָמִים וְצֹאן וּבָקָר וַעֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחֽוֹת ׃
Psalms 52:4הַוּוֹת תַּחְשֹׁב לְשׁוֹנֶךָ כְּתַעַר מְלֻטָּשׁ עֹשֵׂה רְמִיָּֽה ׃
Proverbs 19:9עֵד שְׁקָרִים לֹא יִנָּקֶה וְיָפִיחַ כְּזָבִים יֹאבֵֽד ׃ פ
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:19
18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. The tongue is death or life, poison or medicine, as it is used. 1. There are words that are cutting and killing, that are like the piercings of a sword. Opprobrious words grieve the spirits of those to whom they are spoken, and cut them to the heart. Slanders, like a sword, wound the reputation of those of whom they are uttered, and perhaps incurably. Whisperings and evil surmises, like a sword, divide and cut asunder… Read the whole commentary →